TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chatterji,Pinka
TI  - Illicit Drug Use and Educational Attainment
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 10045
PY  - 2003
Y2  - October 2003
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10045
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10045.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Pinka Chatterji
State University of New York at Albany
Economics Department
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY  12222
Tel: 518/442-4746
E-Mail: pchatterji@albany.edu
AB  - This paper uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Study to estimate the association between illicit drug use during high school and the number of years of schooling completed. The analysis accounts for the possibility that drug use is endogenous using two methods: (1) by controlling for individual-level characteristics measured before high school entrance; and (2) by using an instrumental variables method, with state drug policies and 8th grade school characteristics as identifying variables. Findings suggest that marijuana and cocaine use in both 10th and 12th grade are associated with reductions in the number of years of schooling completed.
ER  -